Shaping the Tik Tok generation with values of the 1990s
That vision took shape in the form of the 1997 Project Squad, a bold initiative by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to build a youth team capable of doing justice as hosts of the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship.
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